As the 1934 literature laureate of the prestigious Nobel Prize, author and playwright Luigi Pirandello was truly a pioneer in his field. The award was given to him "for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art". He is today known as the greatest Italian playwright of his time. Hi...

The Catcher In the Rye is a great piece of American Literature. Ever since its publication in1951, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has served as a firestorm for controversy and debate.Critics have argued the moral issues brought on by the book and the context in which it ispresented. Some cr...

Isabel Allende was born August 2, 1942. Although born in Peru, she was raised in Chile as the daughter of government official. She began her writing career as a journalist and worked throughout South America.Allende begins writing all of her novels on January 8. The tradition began when, on that dat...